You can put me down as one more voice enthusiastically recommending the book, Playful Parenting! . It was truly fantastic, forever going in my Top Five parenting books, directly behind Alfie Kohn and Naomi Aldort. The author, Lawrence Cohen, speaks from the same radical view – that children are individuals deserving of respect and patience [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’
Reading: The Highly Sensitive Child
For reasons I’m not quite ready to elaborate on (and some you already know), life is a bit stressful right now. So, I’m doing what any woman in her right mind should do: I’m postponing the chores, stocking up on long-awaited library loaners and curling up for some much needed down time. I just finished [...]
Weapons of Mass Instruction: Review
I just finished reading John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book so thought-provoking, and not because I necessarily agreed with it all as I assumed I would, because I’m not sure I especially do. But [...]
On (and off) The Nightstand
Good Harbor: A Novel by Anita Diamant She’s the author of The Red Tent, one of my all-time favorite books. In The Red Tent she weaved a beautiful tale of feminine and familial connection and empowerment based on an obscure character in the old testament. I was hoping Good Harbor, a story of two female [...]
Gaia’s Garden, Second Edition: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
. When thinking about where to begin in reviewing Gaia’s Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture, I’m overwhelmed. There is just so much to say! We picked it up at the urging of a friend, scoring the second edition just as it was released. I don’t buy new books very often, but this [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
